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IN RE BOWFIN M/V

No. 02-35534.

339 F.3d 1137 (2003)

In re BOWFIN M/V Western Pioneer, Inc., as owner of the M/V Bowfin for limitation of liability, Petitioner-Appellee, v. International Specialty, Inc., as authorized agents for Sentry Select Insurance Company and Lloyds of London Syndicates 588,861,1209, Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Company, Continental Insurance Company, and Greenwich Insurance Company; Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Co.; Continental Insurance Company; Greenwich Insurance Co., Claimants-Appellants, and Signature Seafoods, Inc., owner of the Lucky Buck, Claimant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 13, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley L. Gibson, Gibson Robb & Lindh, San Francisco, CA, for claimant-appellant Signature Seafoods, Inc.

Matthew Turetsky, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Seattle, WA, for claimant-appellant International Specialty, Inc.

Donald K. McLean, Bauer Moynihan & Johnson, Seattle, WA, for the petitioner-appellee.

Before: REAVLEY, TASHIMA, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This admiralty action arises out of the collision in the Puget Sound between the Bowfin, owned by Western Pioneer, and the barge Lucky Buck, owned by Claimant Signature Seafoods. Western Pioneer initiated this Limitation of Liability Act1 proceeding following the collision. The district court held that Western Pioneer was entitled to limit its liability under the Act. We affirm.

The Limitation of Liability Act limits...

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